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Acheson, Dean Gooderham
Adams, John Quincy
Austin, Stephen Fuller
Bryan, William Jennings
Buchanan, James
Buren, Martin van
Byrnes, James Francis
Calhoun, John Caldwell
Jackson, Andrew
Rice, Condoleezza
Rogers, William
Root, Elihu
Smith, Samuel
Stettinius, Edward Reilly
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| | 1809 | Smith, Samuel |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State of the |
| 1817 | Adams, John Quincy |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State, to serve under Monroe |
| 1825 | Jackson, Andrew |  |
| 9th Feb Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1829 | Buren, Martin van |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1836 | Austin, Stephen Fuller |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State of the independent Republic of Texas |
| 1844 | Calhoun, John Caldwell |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1845 | Buchanan, James |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1905 | Root, Elihu |  |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1913 | Bryan, William Jennings |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1944 | Stettinius, Edward Reilly |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1945 | Byrnes, James Francis |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1949 | Acheson, Dean Gooderham |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1969 | Rogers, William |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| 2004 | Rice, Condoleezza |  |
| Appointed Secretary of State, replaces outgoing secretary Colin Powell |
| 16th Nov Bush nominates Rice to be Secretary of State |
| 2005 | Rice, Condoleezza |  |
| 26th Jan Confirmed by Senate by 85-13 as the 1st African-American woman Secretary of State |
| 26th Jan Senate confirms her nomination by 85-13, the negative votes, the most cast against any for Secretary of State since 1825, came from Senators who wanted to hold Rice and Bush accountable for failures in Iraq and terrorism |
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